The Runner Who Was Kicked Out Of The Olympics Has Been Reinstated After He Got A Mysterious Doctor's Notehttp://www.businessinsider.com/the-runner-that-was-kicked-out-of-the-olympics-has-been-re-instated-after-he-got-a-mysterious-doctors-note-explaining-his-tanking-2012-8/comments
en-usWed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500Sun, 02 Aug 2015 17:11:45 -0400Nicholas Schwartzhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/50205ad4ecad04837f000017BradMon, 06 Aug 2012 20:01:24 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50205ad4ecad04837f000017
Because if he didnt want to run he could have let someone else take his spot. I bet there are lots of athletes who would have killed to have a start in that racehttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/50203da469bedd4e4800000eJP32Mon, 06 Aug 2012 17:56:52 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50203da469bedd4e4800000e
How about he talk to his own national team officials and have himself pulled from the event so another alternate from his country can run?
Obviously, this doesn't apply if he had already started and was up in one of the later races, but he should have checked the schedule and done it at the beginning of the meet so that someone else could have substituted in.
I'm sure a less experienced runner from his country would have loved to run in that precious entry slot, and even if he didn't get as far, he'd have gotten experience for next time...http://www.businessinsider.com/c/502035eeecad04c340000008DMGMon, 06 Aug 2012 17:23:58 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/502035eeecad04c340000008
So...the Olympic committee is basically telling people that if for some reason it's not your day and you want to conserve your energy for another event you have to do a better job of pretending to compete. REALLY???
Why is faking it preferable to the truth?